It crosses the land axis in the Members Hall at the very centre of the building beneath the Australian flag, visible through a glass skylight. This intersection is in the middle of the building. It symbolically brings together the different elements that make up Australian democracy—the people, the members of parliament and the government—under the unifying symbol of the flag. Floorplan of Australia's Parliament House. A floorplan of Australian Parliament House. At the north of the building is the main entrance.
The House of Representatives chamber and members' offices are on the east of the building and the Senate chamber and senators' offices on the west. To the south is the Prime Minister's office and ministers's offices. The Cabinet room is to the north of the Prime Minister's office. The floor plan shows that Parliament House is made up of 3 separate buildings joined together. Attribution — you must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work.
Waiver — any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder. The 2 curved walls in Parliament House separate the Senate and House of Representatives, a division that physically represents Australia's bicameral parliamentary system in which laws can only be passed if both houses agree. The Senate and House are the largest rooms in the building. The House of Representatives. This image is of a large room with green furnishings.
The seats are arranged around a large central table. There is a large chair at the open end of the U-shaped seats that is elevated above the other chairs. There are people sitting in the seats and papers on the desks. In both the Senate and House, the seats are arranged in rows in a horseshoe shape. This replicates the layout of Old Parliament House. The Senate. This image is of a large room with red furnishings. There are 3 large chairs at the open end of the U-shaped seats that are elevated above the other chairs.
The colours of the rooms are based on those used in the British Parliament, with red for the Senate and green for the House. These traditionally rich colours have been adapted to reflect the Australian landscape—the green used in the House and the red in the Senate are similar to the grey-green and red ochre colours of the Australian landscape. Each room has a distinctive architectural style. In the Senate, this is based on circles and ellipses; in the House, on angular shapes.
The ceilings provide a striking example of this contrast. It can also be seen in the rooftops of both: the Senate has a circular roof and the House roof is angular. The rooftops are finished with red terracotta tiles.
This is a reference to the red-tiled rooftops of many Australian homes. Both rooms have large central roof skylights which let in natural light during the day, and at night glow to indicate Parliament is sitting. In Old Parliament House, a red light on the roof above the Senate and a green light above the House indicated when each was in session.
In both the Senate and House, the colours are a deeper shade at the floor level, which puts the focus on the participants. The colour gradually lightens as it gets closer to the ceiling, where it combines with the natural light from the skylight to give the space above each an airy, floating quality. The architects intended that this be a 'metaphor for a free and open society'.
A clock at Parliament House. This photograph of a clock at Parliament House shows the red and green lights that indicate that the Senate and the House of Representatives bells are ringing.
There are over clocks in Parliament House, fitted with 2 flashing lights which call members of parliament to the Senate or House of Representatives. One light flashes green for the House of Representatives and the other flashes red for the Senate. They let members of parliament know when a session of Parliament begins, a vote is to be held or if they are needed for other business.
When the lights are activated, the sound of a bell rings through loudspeakers in the building. This photograph shows the Cabinet Room in Parliament House including the meeting table with chairs and an Australian flag on the left.
Cabinet is made up of the Prime Minister and senior ministers, and is the main decision-making body of the government. Cabinet usually meets in the Cabinet Room. This room is located on the ground floor of Parliament House opposite the Prime Minister's office and close to the offices of the other ministers. While it is one of the few rooms in the building that has no natural light, the Cabinet Room does not resemble a bunker. Rather it has a simple 'leanness' that is intended to represent democracy.
The architects compared the room, with its smooth, understated and elegant surfaces, to a large passenger ship. The ceiling in the Cabinet Room is finished with timber marquetry panels inlaid with eucalypt leaves, which were designed by Adelaide artist Tony Bishop and made by craftsman Michael Retter.
Hidden among the leaves is a cicada, a dragonfly and a blowfly. Despite these 'bugs', the room is highly secure and is regularly swept electronically because the Cabinet discuss confidential and secret matters which affect the nation.
Tony Bishop believes his 'bugs' add a touch of Australian larrikinism and informality. He likes to imagine a minister in the debugged Cabinet Room 'looking at the ceiling, only to find that after all the effort there were still bugs there' Weekend Australian , April 16 Under a large painting there are 2 rows of seats for committee members.
Parliament House contains 19 committee rooms. Although these rooms are parliamentary spaces, they are not used for debating or voting on new laws. The largest of these rooms is the Main Committee Room. It is the only area in the executive wing with a gallery that is open to the public. Like other major spaces in the building, it features a central skylight and timber-panelled walls. The room was designed for committee meetings, hearings, public conferences and televised press conferences.
The Forecourt, which is the main entrance to Parliament House, is designed to invite people into the building to observe the democratic process. A large open space, it is framed by 2 walls that appear to be outstretched as if in a gesture of welcome.
The Forecourt is paved with stone and red gravel, with a large ceremonial pool at its centre. In the centre of this pool is a granite mosaic created by Indigenous artist Michael Nelson Jagamara, based on his painting Possum and Wallaby Dreaming. The mosaic measures 15 by 15 metres and is made up of 90 hand-guillotined granite pieces in 7 different colours.
It sits on an island symbolising the Australian continent. The mosaic depicts Jagamara's Dreaming — creation time — ancestors, including the brush-tail possum, red kangaroo, rock wallaby and goanna, gathering for an important ceremony. The tracks of these ancestors are shown moving toward concentric circles in the middle of the mosaic. Part of the formal proceedings at the opening is shown. The proceedings, which included addresses by the Duke of York and by the Prime Minister, a performance of the national anthem by Dame Nellie Melba, and a united religious service conducted by the heads of the Anglican, Presbyterian and Methodist churches, were broadcast via radio to over 1 million people across Australia.
The absence of a representative of the Roman Catholic faith is notable, as approximately one-quarter of the Australian population adhered to this faith. It was not until that the restriction on immigration began to be relaxed.
The parliament building is a leading example of the work of the first federal government architect, John Smith Murdoch. While the building was intended to house Federal Parliament for no more than 50 years, it functioned as Parliament House until , quickly becoming overcrowded and needing numerous additions and alterations.
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You may embed the clip for non-commercial educational purposes including for use on a school intranet site or a school resource catalogue. Parliament has been prorogued prior to being recalled for a new session only once since the forty-fourth parliament was prorogued on 15 April and recalled on 18 April , with the Governor-General stating in his opening speech that he had done so to enable the Senate in particular to again consider two parcels of industrial legislation it had previously rejected.
The practice of proroguing Parliament prior to the dissolution of the House of Representatives for the purpose of a general election was restored by the Government in The Constitution provides that, after a general election, the Parliament must be summoned to meet not later than thirty days after the day which has been appointed for the return of the writs; that is, the appointed deadline for the formal notification of election results to the Governor-General or State Governor who issued the writs or formal orders for an election to be held.
The one-day sitting in was held to conform with this requirement while postponing the substantive sitting until the following year.
Under the Australian Constitution, the legislative power of the Commonwealth is held by the federal Parliament, which consists of the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The Governor-General is appointed by the Queen of Australia as her representative and exercises the constitutional powers of the Queen, including powers to appoint times for holding sessions of Parliament, to prorogue Parliament and to dissolve the House of Representatives.
These powers are exercised on the advice of the Prime Minister. On opening day, set procedures are followed, the elements of which are laid down in the standing orders of both houses. Standing orders are the permanent rules which govern the conduct of business in each house. The standing orders of both houses indicate that the formal opening of Parliament takes place in the Senate chamber.
Like many aspects of parliamentary procedure, this practice is also derived from British custom. To this day, British sovereigns have not entered the House of Commons; the opening of Parliament takes place in the House of Lords.
In Australia, as a reflection of this practice, the opening takes place in the Senate. Opening day begins with a Welcome to Country ceremony conducted by representatives of local Aboriginal people. First held in , the ceremony has since become a permanent feature of the opening of Parliament after both the Senate and House of Representatives changed their standing orders to include it. Proceedings on opening day vary according to whether there are new senators and members to be sworn in and whether it is necessary for either or both houses to elect a new presiding officer.
Generally speaking, the office of the President of the Senate becomes vacant on the 30th of June following a half-Senate election, or on the date of a proclamation dissolving the Senate, while the Speaker of the House of Representatives is elected for the duration of a Parliament. Following a double dissolution, therefore, it will be necessary for both houses to choose a new presiding officer; but when Parliament is opened after an election for the House of Representatives, it may be necessary to choose only a Speaker.
During the course of a Parliament, any newly-elected or appointed members of parliament are sworn in by the President or Speaker, as appropriate. On opening day, however, there may be many new senators and members to be sworn in and no appropriate presiding officer in office.
In this situation, the Governor-General appoints a Deputy, or Deputies, to do all things necessary for the opening of the session. The instrument of appointment, signed by the Governor-General, gives the Deputy, who is usually a Justice or Chief Justice of the High Court, the authority to declare open the Parliament. The Governor-General also gives the Deputies a commission authorising them to administer the oath or affirmation to newly-elected or re-elected senators and members.
The chart on the following pages shows that Deputies have always been involved in the opening of the first session of a Parliament, but not necessarily in the opening of second and subsequent sessions. Looking first at opening proceedings involving a Deputy, both houses gather at the time fixed by the proclamation, usually at If there is a President in office, he or she takes the Chair and the Clerk of the Senate reads the Proclamation calling the Parliament together.
The Usher of the Black Rod announces the arrival of the Deputy who then instructs the Usher of the Black Rod to request the presence of members of the House of Representatives in the Senate chamber. Having done so, the Deputy then tells the assembled members that the Governor-General will declare in person in his or her opening speech the reasons for calling Parliament together.
Members of the House of Representatives return to their chamber where the Deputy administers the oath or affirmation to newly-elected or re-elected members who then proceed to elect a Speaker.
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